Post by Okwes on May 16, 2007 10:12:46 GMT -5
Mountie charged with Torture
Contributed by: Sgt_ShockNAwe
Crown prosecutors in British Columbia have taken the unusual step of charging a member of the RCMP with torture.
Const. Saxon Peters was already facing charges of aggravated assault, unlawful confinement and two counts of obstruction of justice in connection with the alleged beating of an aboriginal man.
Glenn Shuter, 25, alleges a police officer drove him about 10 kilometres outside the small town of Merritt in August 2005. Shuter, who is accused of stealing a police officer's bicycle, alleges the officer beat him and left him to walk home.
On Monday, Crown prosecutor Stephen Harrison dropped the confinement charge and replaced it with the Criminal Code offence of torture.
Peters, who is on unpaid suspension, faces direct indictment, meaning there will be no preliminary hearing and the case will proceed directly to trial.
Contributed by: Sgt_ShockNAwe
Crown prosecutors in British Columbia have taken the unusual step of charging a member of the RCMP with torture.
Const. Saxon Peters was already facing charges of aggravated assault, unlawful confinement and two counts of obstruction of justice in connection with the alleged beating of an aboriginal man.
Glenn Shuter, 25, alleges a police officer drove him about 10 kilometres outside the small town of Merritt in August 2005. Shuter, who is accused of stealing a police officer's bicycle, alleges the officer beat him and left him to walk home.
On Monday, Crown prosecutor Stephen Harrison dropped the confinement charge and replaced it with the Criminal Code offence of torture.
Peters, who is on unpaid suspension, faces direct indictment, meaning there will be no preliminary hearing and the case will proceed directly to trial.